- Title: F-4516
- Summary: THE STORY OF OLD CROW: LIQUOR INDUSTRY PRODUCTION. LEADERSHIP. THE STORY OF ALCOHOL MANUFACTURING FROM THE OLD CROW DISTILLERIES. MANUFACTURERS OF BOURBON. HISTORICAL RECREATION. INDUSTRIAL FILM.
- Description:00:00:23 - CU POURING BOOZE INTO GLASS. MEASURING SHOT. MIXING DRINK. 1950S MEN IN OFFICE. MAKING A TOAST SOUND BYTE: "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU" TALK TO CAMERA WITH DRINKS IN HAND. HANDS MAN A DRINK. "BOOZE IS MY BUSINESS". FINDS HAPPINESS IN HIS GLASS. WHISKEY. 00:02:39 - 1830'S RECREATION. JAMES CROW AND DANIEL BOONE RIDING ON HORSES IN THE WOODS. ARRIVE AT A SPRING. KENTUCKY. EARLY BUSINESS MAN. PUTS GLASS INTO SPRING OF WATER. 00:04:05 - HISTORICAL RECREATION, JAMES CROW IN LOG CABIN DISTILLERY. USING MORTAR AND PESTLE. SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS. BEAKER. BUNSEN BURNER. 00:04:39 - CU MEN TASTING LIQUOR. SMOOTH. BEARDED MOUNTAIN MAN. 00:05:21 - "JAMES CROW" TAPPING A BARREL OF ALCOHOL. FILLING MUG. BEER. MEN EAGER TO TRY DRINK. QUAKER MAN. WITH LOOKS OF APPROVAL. MAN WINKS. 00:07:12 - CROW WITH MEN IN A WAGON TRAIN BY COVERED WAGON. HEADED WEST. CRAZY OLD COOT. CHEERS. LOADING WOODEN BARREL ONTO WAGON. 00:07:55 - LOADING JAMES CROW WHISKEY ONTO TRAIN "IRON HORSE" FILLING ORDERS. SHIPPING LABEL. ALCOHOL TO THE SENATE. 00:09:01 - HISTORICAL RECREATION. FRENCH GENERAL LAFAYETTE PROPOSES A TOAST. TOASTS. 00:09:28 - DANIEL WEBSTER MEETS CROW. DRINKS WHISKEY. "THE FINEST IN THE WORLD" 00:09:52 - "MARK TWAIN" PLUGS OLD CROW. 00:09:59 - NARRATOR 00:10:23 - CU ACTUAL PHOTOS AND OLD LABELS. 1868 W. A. GAINES SIGNATURE ON LABEL. PRICE LIST CIRCLED IN RED. ADVERTISING. NAKED WOMEN ON PRINT AD. BOTTLE AND BOND ACT OF 1900. 00:12:28 - PROHIBITION HEADLINE AND REPEAL HEADLINE. 00:12:48 - CU OLD CROW STATUE. STORE DISPLAY 00:13:26 - W.A. GAINES NOW OWNS COMPANY. TWO MEN IN EASY CHAIRS IN OFFICE INTRODUCING 86 PROOF BOTTLE. DEMAND FOR LIGHTER AND MILDER BOURBON. IN THE PRESTIGE PRICE BRACKET. INTRODUCING A NEW PROMOTION PROGRAM. ENGLISHMAN SAYS FOLLY. TALKING HEADS. EXTREME STIFF AND BAD ACTING BANTER. FILM MADE FOR SALESMEN. 00:21:40 - MORE MEN. ADVERTISERS SITTING ON COUCH. 00:26:20 - MAN WITH PRINT ADS. 00:30:59 - MAN THROWING MAGAZINES ONTO A PILE. LIFE, ESQUIRE, TIME, NEWSWEEK, LOOK. OPENS UP MAGAZINE. TWO PAGE SPREAD. SHOWS LIFE ARTICLES ABOUT FAMOUS AMERICAN MEN. SHOWS PROMO OF JAMES CROW STORY IN A SIMILAR STYLE. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING. A FULL PAGE AD IN OLD NEWSPAPER STYLE. HOLD UP CAR WITH IDEA FOR OUTDOOR ADS. SIX PAGE INSERT FOR THE TRADE PAPERS. BAD JOKES DELIVERED STIFFLY. MORE MAGAZINES. COLLIERS, AMERICAN, COSMO, US NEWS, SPORTS AFIELD, FIELD & STREAM, HOLIDAY, NEW YORKER, ARGOTS, TRUE, OUTDOOR LIFE. PRINT ADVERTISING. SCARY, ANGRY LOOKING MAN. LOOKS PISSED OFF. GLASSES AND BOW TIE. 00:38:16 - PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL DISTILLERS. GOOD LUCK AND BEST WISHES. 00:40:25 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1953
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-4516